EXECUTIVE & SENIOR LEADERSHIP CONSULTING

In-depth feedback and guidance to increase success and advance strategically in an executive's career.

Through one-on-one coaching, executive team learning, 360º feedback programs, and behavioral assessments, we assist leaders and executives to capitalize on their strengths and behavioral style to increase their effectiveness within their organizations. Since every person is unique, we use a variety of tools to customize our coaching and develop an individualized Professional Development Plan, tailored to meet your specific goals and aspirations. These programs spark growth, self awareness, vision and new heights of leadership. Executive consulting may last a few weeks or span several months, depending on your needs.

Creating and fulfilling an organization's "Big Picture" is an awesome and demanding responsibility. If you're in charge of establishing and implementing your company's mission, vision, values, and core principlesyour very culture and raison d'êtreyou need to know how to define, set up, coordinate, and control your organization's strategies and processes. In this arena, Ignite takes a hands-on approach to breaking down organizational strategy into manageable elements so you can fulfill the vision you create.

Ignite provides coaching and consulting services to professionals who wish to receive in-depth feedback and guidance to increase their success and advance strategically in their career. Our clients range from new managers to the executive level; and our coaching can span over a few weeks, or a few months, depending on the need. In our one-on-one coaching sessions, one of our consultants provides the coachee with insight into a variety of areas. We use a variety of tools, including 360º feedback, visioning, emotional intelligence inventories, and in-depth development tools designed specifically for the individual, which we incorporate into a Professional Development Plan. Every coaching client we have is unique. The beauty of these coaching relationships is that we tailor our coaching to the goals and career path of each individual client.

Some areas a coaching client may choose to explore are: personal strengths and how to capitalize on them; limitations and how to improve upon them; his or her own behavioral style, and how to work most effectively with coworkers of different styles; techniques to become an effective communicator; how to negotiate with others; how to handle challenging situations in his or her workplace; and specific leadership challenges. The results are astounding. We have found that in addition to our training seminars, this one-on-one coaching has increased the effectiveness of many of our clients throughout the world.

Advanced Coaching Strategies
As a managerial responsibility, coaching is the most effective method for ensuring the improved performance and productivity of each player on the team. During this high impact session, we educate participants on the key elements of coaching, as well as discuss the benefits of coaching, both for the coach and coachee. Most importantly, attendees are exposed to the concept of "transformational coaching," which seeks to create mutually supportive partnerships between people that transcend the traditional manager/assistant relationship.

Advanced Interviewing Strategies
Your odds have improved in hiring the right person for the job from using the techniques learned in our introductory Interview And Selection seminar. Nonetheless, disappointing new hires sneak through from time to time. This advanced session teaches participants how to read the non-verbal cues during an interview, listen for what is not being said, and probe for more specifics. Participants will gain insight into some innovative ideas designed to help them really get to know the candidate and make the most of their job references.

Core Purpose And Values Clarification
Nothing in an organization affects so many people as the identification of a business's core purpose and values. When a company can get under the layers of its business and determine what it stands for, and what is truly core to it, the nature of its business evolves in a positive and powerful way. Once the values are declared to the entire workforce, their commitment and enthusiasm sky rockets. In this session, we dig deep and guide your leaders in the discovery of your company's core purpose and values.

Creating Your Organization's Culture
All organizations have a culture, defined by social norms, behavior patterns, and aspects of human work and thought. This culture can be a large influence on whether or not a company reaches its goals. A positive culture is instrumental in increasing morale and employee and customer retention. A negative culture can cause a migration of employees and customers. In this session, you will discover how to identify and enhance the positive aspects of your organization's culture and capitalize on all the great results that a strong, positive organizational culture can bring you.

Delivering Bad News With A Positive Result
Reengineering, salary freezes, downsizing, and doing more with less resources are all realities for companies at one time or another. Although often necessary changes, they take a stressful toll on the human element within your organization. This session educates participants on how to plan for, and roll out, stressful developments in a way that it is understood and more likely to be supported by your staff.

Ethical Management
Ever feel uneasy with some decisions made in the workplacethe type of decisions that have short-term gains for certain individuals, but perk up your sense of right and wrong? You're not alone. There is a growing concern for how we conduct our business affairs. This session is filled with thought-provoking scenarios and a simple system that helps you act with integrity ... and sleep better, too!

Increase Your Effectiveness Through Delegation
Managers are often disappointed with the results of a project they have delegated. It's the old "no one can do it as well as I can" and "it takes longer to teach someone how to do it than to just do it myself" syndrome. In this session, participants are shown how to break out of this thinking. They are first educated on how to assess their employees' developmental level. Participants then learn an effective system of coaching, supporting and follow-up that insures a positive end result for both the delegator and delegatee.

Managing In An Environment Of Change
Change is a part of life, but not always a comfortable one. This session helps participants identify the stages of change, sources of resistance and creative strategies for dealing with change. The goal of this session is to educate participants on how to navigate themselves and others more successfully through the change process. At the end of this session, participants feel ready to embrace change, rather than simply react to it.

Mission Statement Development
Behind every successful organization, you find a well-thought-out and deeply entrenched mission statement. This is a "roll up your sleeves" working session devoted to clarifying your organizational purpose. Your executive team develops a written mission statement and an action plan to integrate that mission into the core culture of your business.

Negotiating For Results
Negotiation is both an art and a science. It is an excellent way to get what you want while providing for the other party to succeed as well. This session focuses on these win-win negotiation strategies. Participants learn the dynamics of disputes and resolutions, practice various negotiation techniques, and expand their influencing skills.

Situational Leadership
As leaders, we know that different people need different styles of leadershipbut there are more than just personality styles to consider. This interactive session teaches participants how to assess the developmental level of each player on their team and provides specific strategies for managing individuals to achieve their best.

Strategic Planning
Perhaps you have a vision of how you want your organization to be in the future, but you are not clear how to make it happen. Or maybe you have many worthwhile goals but don't know which to attack first. Strategic planning is the answer. This session helps you and your team prioritize your goals, design plans that work, and create a clear path to the future. We also address how to enroll others to contribute their talents to the plan.

When To Take Charge And Lead By Directing
There are workplace situations where the appropriate management style is directing. To give effective direction is more than simply telling people what to do. It involves working with the employee to set goals and objectives, to plan and organize work in advance, and to set appropriate priorities. At this session, participants learn how to develop the skill of directing effectively.